Metal collapsible case.



W. H. BONNEVILLEL METAL GOLLAPSIBLE CASE. APPLICATION 31mm APR. 19,1913.

1,1 1 1,054. Patented Se t. 22, 1914.

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WITNESSES THE NDRRJS PETERS CO1. PHOTn-LITHQ, WASHINGTON D. C.

collapsible shipping case assembled for unrrnn STATES PATENT FFIC'E.

WILLIAM H. IBONNE'VILLE, OF I'HILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL COLLAPSIBLE CASE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BONNE- viLLn,a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 9 South Ruby street,Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Metal Collapsible Case, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a metal collapsible shipping case which may beeither tubular or rectangular in shape in which the parts forming thecase are made of metal and are so constructed and joined that they mayreadily be put together and taken apart without the aid of tools, and inwhich new parts may be substituted for any parts damaged. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich t Figure 1 is a general view of the metal use; Fig. 2 is avertical section through the center of the case showing application ofall parts included; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of two stavesshowing the method of interlocking the staves which is by means of adouble fold seam.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Letter A is a solid, seamless, metal disk or pan two inches deep,forming top or bottom of case, having four holes, to be square in bottompiece to receive shoulder bolts and round in top piece to receive bolts.The holes in top piece may be countersunk so the end of bolts will notprotrude.

Letter B are the metal staves, interlocked as'shown in Fig. 3, formingsides of case, with the interlocking so constructed as to permit of thestaves being taken apart and put to gether again without the use of anytools or bolts.

Letter C is an endless metal U piece into which the top end of staves Bare inserted and which holds them in a rigid position.

Letter D is a rolled metal angle section welded to the bottom insideedge of U piece C as shown in Fig. 2, with holes in the lower leg foradmission of bolt E. There are four of these angles their purpose is toreceive and support bolts E while top A is removed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914. Serial No. 762,303.

Letter E is a round head shouldered bolt used for binding or looking thecase together, and passes through hole Z in bottom A, through angle Dand top A, with shoulder of bolt at bottom, with rubber gasket aroundshoulder to make water-tight.

Letter F is metal nut placed on end of bolt E at'ter top or lid A is inposition.

Letter G- is an endless metal U piece into which the bottom of thestaves B are inserted and which holds them in a rigid position.

Letter H is alock nut which is placed on the bolts E after the boltshave passed through angle D, which when in position holds the casetogether while being filled or emptied.

I do not claim broadly as my invention the use of metal cap plates asheads, nor the use of endless ll pieces as stave seats, nor theinterlocking of the staves.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a metal collapsible case, the combination of opposite headscomprising a metal cap plate and an endless U piece, or stave seat,metal staves which interlock longitudinally by means of a double foldseam and having each end disposed in the endless U piece, or stave seat,and securing rods extending between said heads on the inside of thecase.

2. In a metal collapsible case the combination of metal cap platesforming the outside of the heads with endless metal U pieces, or staveseats, inside the periphery of the cap plates, or heads, into which thestave ends are disposed, with the opposite heads drawn together by roundhead shouldered bolts passing through holes in the heads, or metal capplates, and through holes in the lower leg of metal angles welded to theinside edge of the ll pieces, or stave seats, said rods being held inposition by means of lock nuts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

W. H. BONNEVILLE. lVitnesses:

' HARRY REITINGER, W. EARLE PownL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

